Ahead of session, lawmakers scrutinize Missouri social studies standards, school boards
Missouri lawmakers trained their focus Tuesday on how school boards interact with the public and the ways in which history is taught in schools.
For over three hours, the Joint Committee on Education discussed how social studies curriculum makes its way into the classroom, raising questions about whether the Sept. 11 attacks are taught and once again debating whether critical race theory is present.
“Missouri’s history education is a bit anemic,” said Rep. Doug Richey, an Excelsior Springs Republican and chair of the committee. “We are not teaching history in a way that is as robust as it ought to be, in my estimation.”
Tuesday’s hearing primarily focused on the learning standards that outline the concepts that students must be taught within social studies. There are upwards of 600 learning standards overall, said Tracy Hinds, the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education’s deputy commissioner for the division of learning services.
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